October 2022
Beginner
368 pages
6h 49m
English
Content preview from How to Present, 2nd Edition
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AND NOW IT'S UP TO YOU
Congratulations! The end of this book marks the end of one of the exciting stepping stones in your journey to persuasive presenting. In many ways, it also signifies the beginning of the rest of your journey. How exciting!
By reading this book, you have demonstrated your commitment, desire, and motivation to improve your ability to present your ideas at work more persuasively and impressively. Now it's time to seize as many opportunities as possible to present! Rise up and be who you were born to be. Step up and make the most of opportunities that arise for you. You no longer have any reason to delegate the presentation to someone else, or to present without engaging, inspiring and compelling your audience to action. Please let go now of any old habits that have caused you to be a nervous, or egocentric, self-focused presenter in the past.
I encourage you to take even further ownership of your new wisdom, so your learning journey is as productive as possible and you always present with confidence, clarity and charisma!
Here are some suggestions for continuing your learning:
- Find as many opportunities to present as possible.
- Integrate your learning into as many different aspects of your life as possible, such as at work and home, and in your sporting clubs, hobby groups, emails, phone calls, meetings and formal presentations (online or in person).
- Use your new skills every day in your life and conversations, particularly the pacing and leading pattern. ...
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